Flex Testing with FlexMonkey

Community

Java

Topics

Rich Internet Apps,

Web 2.0,

Unit Testing,

Rich Client / Desktop

In this post, InfoQ.com discusses FlexMonkey with project founder Stu Stern of Gorilla Logic. FlexMonkey is an open source record / playback tool for testing Flex applications.

Deep Linking in Flex with URLKit

Community

Java

Topics

Rich Internet Apps,

Web 2.0

In Rich Internet Applications, Deep Linking is the ability to link directly into a specific state of the application without reloading the application. In Flex 3, Deep Linking support was added, but does not support many advanced requirements. For those cases, Flex developers can use URLKit.

.NET 4 Feature Focus: Parallel Programming

Community

.NET

Topics

Performance & Scalability

Microsoft is planning on releasing a wide variety of parallel programming libraries with .NET 4. These include Parallel LINQ (PLINQ), Structured Parallelism (Parallel.For), the Task Parallel Library, and the Coordination Data Structures.

The Power of Done

Community

Agile

Topics

Delivering Quality,

Delivering Value,

Software Craftsmanship

Scott Schimanski recently added his voice to those talking about the power of a clear definition of "done." Scott points out there is both business and personal value in a well-defined meaning of "done". The business can count on shipping features that are done, without making any additional investment, while individuals really seem to enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes with "done."

Oracle BPM Roadmap Revealed

Community

SOA

Topics

Business Process Management,

Business Process Modeling,

Modeling

During Oracle’s Open World conference last month, Oracle has revealed their BPM strategy and roadmap. The centerpiece of this strategy is building a unified BPM platform based on the strength of existing Oracle’s assets and BEA acquisition.

MPI.NET Released

Community

.NET

Topics

Performance & Scalability

MPI or Message Passing Interface is the de facto standard for distributed memory programming. Recently Microsoft released a version for .NET, but the server needed to use it doesn't come cheap.

More Languages on top of Erlang Virtual Machine

Community

Architecture,

Ruby

Topics

Language Design,

Language,

Performance & Scalability,

Programming

Erlang virtual machine – BEAM – hosts an increasing number of languages. Reia, a Python/Ruby like scripting language and Lisp Flavoured Erlang have recently been released. Debasish Ghosh reflects on this trend while other authors try to outline other possible language variants inspired by Ruby or Haskell.

MSBuild Extension Pack Brings 170 Build Tasks

Community

.NET

Topics

Artifacts & Tools

Like the open source projects that inspired it, Microsoft's MSBuild framework was designed with extensibility in mind. Three years after its release, that decision is really starting to pay off in terms of the number of additional tasks available.

Cascading - Data Processing API for Hadoop MapReduce

Community

Java

Topics

Cloud Computing

Cascading is a new processing API for data processing on Hadoop clusters, and supports building complex processing workflows using an expressive, declarative API.

Interview: Dave Laribee and ALT.NET

Community

.NET,

Architecture

Topics

Community,

.NET Framework,

Programming

Greg Young grabbed some of Dave Laribee's time at the last ALT.NET conference in Seattle. Dave opens up about the intent of ALT.NET and how the community can get involved.

Measuring Agile in the Enterprise: 5 Success Factors for Large-Scale Agile Adoption

Michael Mah analyzes the development process in 5 companies: 2 Agile (one of them BMC) and 3 classic. He presents the factors which contributed to the success of BMC's Agile adoption.

Tom Preston-Werner on Powerset, GitHub, Ruby and Erlang

In this interview filmed at RubyFringe 2008, Tom Preston-Werner talks about how both Powerset and GitHub use Ruby and Erlang, as well as tools like Fuzed, god, and more.

David Laribee on Alt.NET and its Mission

David Laribee discusses the purpose of ALT.NET, its mission and future.

Discover RailsKits and Stop Writing Redundant Code

Ruby on Rails has become a popular Ruby framework for creating web applications in recent years. An aspect of creating a web application is the need to repeatedly create the same base functionality.

A Formal Performance Tuning Methodology: Wait-Based Tuning

Steven Haines talks about tackling web application performance tuning by proposing a method called wait-based tuning.

Shaw and Fowler About Forging a New Alliance

Shaw and Fowler talk about the need for a new relationship between the business department and the IT department. Studies have shown that projects mostly fail due to miscommunication between the two.

How to GET a Cup of Coffee

In this article, Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis and Ian Robinson show how to drive an application's flow through the use of hypermedia in a RESTful application.

Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator

Eccentric artist turned overnight anti-celebrity, Giles Bowkett captures the heart and soul of RubyFringe as he demonstrates his revolutionary Archaeopteryx MIDI drum pattern generator.